Sublethal imidacloprid effects on honey bee flower choices when foraging

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2017-2025

  Karahan, Ahmed ^a   Çakmak, Ibrahim ^b   Hranitz, John M ^c   Karaca, Ismail ^a   Wells, Harrington ^d  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Foraging behavior; Neonicotinoids

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; SUCROSE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

BEE; FLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA ANATOLIACA; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; FORAGER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HONEY; HONEYBEE; LD50; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; ANIMAL; BEE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA ANATOLIACA; APOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84948105114     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-015-1537-2     Document Type: Article

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